PUTTING ONE'S LIFE INTO ONE U2 SONG

spanisheyes · 12-11-2001, 03:22 PM

"That song 'Mofo' is hardcore. If I could put my whole life into one song, it'd be something close to that." --Bono, from the PopMart Tourbook

Mofo is the epitomy of a man revealing, concealing, stealing, dealing, bringing the listener to his or her knees lyrically and musically with the soul strength to support the life of one as brutally honest and forthright as Bono is in that song.

So, I was thinking about this quote, and though I know it is impossible to put my life into just one U2 song, for me it would have to be 'Bad'...for no other reason then what I am, and what I hope to be, or should be don't always look the same...yeah, my whole life possibly into one song, 'Bad' would be something close to that.

Anyone else care to divulge one U2 song that you feel could encompass your life as close to possible as possible can be, and the reason why?

Chris

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"That's what's happening to U2 on tour in the United States at the moment - we're just a conduit for all this joy and hope and despair and it's all coming out - People say, 'Oh, Rock and Roll is great - just takes people's minds off of it' - No. That is not our job. Our job is to take people's minds through it." --Bono's take on the Elevation Tour since 9/11

[This message has been edited by spanisheyes (edited 12-11-2001).]

TheU2 · 12-11-2001, 03:26 PM

Bullet or Fly. Or maybe Mothers of the Disappeard.

CK

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gherman · 12-11-2001, 03:28 PM

That one is easy it is 'Gone'

I won't say why because it would take too long to write but trust me its this one.

UnforgettableLemon · 12-11-2001, 03:36 PM

Numb. I'm sick and I can barely feel my legs. I'm numb.

**Bonochick** · 12-11-2001, 03:39 PM

"One" and "Kite" (umm..except for the "I'm a man" part).

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"I don't know you,
But you don't know the half of it..."

HelloAngel · 12-11-2001, 03:40 PM

That's a really hard one. 2 songs fit me completely - and these are the 2 songs that literally saved my life.

BAD and ONE. No question. No choice.

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No alarms and no surprises, please.

Roland of Gilead · 12-11-2001, 03:47 PM

"Spanish Eyes"

No matter where I go and what I do in my life, there is no joy like looking into my wife's Spanish eyes.

spanisheyes · 12-11-2001, 03:53 PM

And to clear the air...I'm not the wife of Roland of Gilead, but a full-blooded male...LOL...whatever that means.

Chris

Angel · 12-11-2001, 03:53 PM

"Summer Rain"

When you stop taking chances
You'll stay where you sit
You won't live any longer
But it'll feel like it..."

Just to point a few reasons...

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"It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight..."

popkidu2 · 12-11-2001, 03:57 PM

Gone
Running To Stand Still
Acrobat
Wanderer
God Part II

I know that's more than one....all of these have a part of me I guess......

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Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son. - Animal House.

Face it Flounder, you didn't throw up in front of Dean Wormer, you threw up on Dean Wormer. - Animal House

Don't worry folks, he's just a big dumb animal. - Tommy Boy

mocool12 · 12-11-2001, 03:59 PM

Well jeez, it changes, but I find myself relating to Acrobat and Zooropa a lot. Well, not the ad slogans, but... yeah. You get me right? Gone too.

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"That's the first time we've played that song in... about 15 years." -Bono, after In God's Country - Phoenix 11/23

One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real disney land , but it was getting pretty late.

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sulawesigirl4 · 12-11-2001, 04:22 PM

Chris, it is an interesting question that you pose. I find it rather amusing that I was pondering this very same idea yesterday. And although I can narrow it down to a few songs, it is hard to just choose one that encompasses my life to date.

In a funny way, it was this idea of a song capturing my inner emotions that started me on the path to U2 fandom. I remember climbing into my car one afternoon after work, turning on the radio and hearing the throbbing tones of With Or Without You. I sat there with my mouth open and wondered how it could be that this song sounded like it had climbed right out of my head and my heart and into reality. And now...10 albums, 30+ bootlegs, 4 shows, and countless hours of listening later...it is still this quality that keeps me coming back for more.

I can relate to the yearning in Bad...the lines about letting it go certainly speak to me in some of the things I've gone through in my life recently. Along those lines, Walk On seemed like it was written expressly for me.

Zooropa has actually been a song that eloquently expresses the confusion and the spiritual haze that I've been working through. "And I have no compass, and I have no map, and I have no reasons, no reason to get back, and I have no religion, and I don't know what's what, and I don't know the limit, the limit of what we've got."

At this particular moment though, as I'm on this journey of discovering what it means to be 'me' and what it is I want out of my life, I think the song that best expresses the cry of my heart is Streets.

I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I want to reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

Right now anyways...that is me.

-sula

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~I want to play the guitar very badly, and I do play the guitar very badly - Bono~

Take a virtual tour of U2's Dublin... Crzy4Bono's U2 page with some of Sula's Dublin pic's

Sula's Europe Pics

BrownEyedBoy · 12-11-2001, 04:25 PM

so cruel
...i hate that girl and i love her i cant make up my mind

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" I can sing just like Bono, i can do that whole lemon falsetto exactly like him" -- me

"...u know how you can make people jealous by saying good stuff about you thats not even true?" - also me

~LadyLemon~ · 12-11-2001, 04:27 PM

I feel a tie with Zooropa.

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Sitting on a cornflake
Waiting for the van to come

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Roland of Gilead · 12-11-2001, 04:41 PM

What!?! spainisheyes is not my wife!?! All this time on here chasing after you!

U2ME3 · 12-11-2001, 04:43 PM

Currently, it would have to be "Stuck"

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~ME THREE

Don't get sentimental
It always ends up drivel

spanisheyes · 12-11-2001, 05:57 PM

"If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would
Let it go
Surrender
Dislocate"

Twisting out of the hands of Love. Tearing the heart of One who needs the oneness of us to be complete. The need to giving up is when this need is in losing love, because in this Love one finds oneself.

Bad always puts my back up against the wall...my face up against the mirror of life...and my heart back on the track of reality.

Chris

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"That's what's happening to U2 on tour in the United States at the moment - we're just a conduit for all this joy and hope and despair and it's all coming out - People say, 'Oh, Rock and Roll is great - just takes people's minds off of it' - No. That is not our job. Our job is to take people's minds through it." --Bono's take on the Elevation Tour since 9/11

[This message has been edited by spanisheyes (edited 12-11-2001).]

pax · 12-11-2001, 06:04 PM

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses...

you're dangerous 'cause you're honest
you're dangerous, you don't know what you want...

you stole it cause i needed the cash
you killed it cause i wanted revenge
you lied to me 'cause i asked you to
baby, can we still be friends?

That's me right now. Feeling like I did a lot of things for people and now they expect...something more.

I also feel a deep connection with Kite.

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If you cannot live together in here, you cannot live together out there, let me tell ya. --Bono

You've got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice... --Bono

IvanClaytonJnr · 12-11-2001, 06:21 PM

Until The End Of the world

notiti · 12-11-2001, 06:30 PM

Zooropa and Last nigth on Earth
She's not waiting on a saviour to come
She's at the bus stop with the news of the world
and the sun
sun
here it comes
she's not waiting on anyone.....

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Please repeat the message, it's the music that we choose.
http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~kljense3/MrTvs.html

12-11-2001, 03:22 PM	#1
spanisheyes Forum Moderator The Goal Is Soul Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin Posts: 861 Local Time: 02:14 PM	PUTTING ONE'S LIFE INTO ONE U2 SONG "That song 'Mofo' is hardcore. If I could put my whole life into one song, it'd be something close to that." --Bono, from the PopMart Tourbook Mofo is the epitomy of a man revealing, concealing, stealing, dealing, bringing the listener to his or her knees lyrically and musically with the soul strength to support the life of one as brutally honest and forthright as Bono is in that song. So, I was thinking about this quote, and though I know it is impossible to put my life into just one U2 song, for me it would have to be 'Bad'...for no other reason then what I am, and what I hope to be, or should be don't always look the same...yeah, my whole life possibly into one song, 'Bad' would be something close to that. Anyone else care to divulge one U2 song that you feel could encompass your life as close to possible as possible can be, and the reason why? Chris ------------------ "That's what's happening to U2 on tour in the United States at the moment - we're just a conduit for all this joy and hope and despair and it's all coming out - People say, 'Oh, Rock and Roll is great - just takes people's minds off of it' - No. That is not our job. Our job is to take people's minds through it." --Bono's take on the Elevation Tour since 9/11 [This message has been edited by spanisheyes (edited 12-11-2001).] __________________

12-11-2001, 03:26 PM	#2
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notiti Refugee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kong Studios Posts: 1,336 Local Time: 07:14 AM	Zooropa and Last nigth on Earth She's not waiting on a saviour to come She's at the bus stop with the news of the world and the sun sun here it comes she's not waiting on anyone..... ------------------ Please repeat the message, it's the music that we choose. http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~kljense3/MrTvs.html __________________

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gherman New Yorker Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA Posts: 2,525 Local Time: 11:14 PM	That one is easy it is 'Gone' I won't say why because it would take too long to write but trust me its this one.

12-11-2001, 03:36 PM	#4
UnforgettableLemon Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Lansdale, PA Posts: 7,287 Local Time: 05:14 PM	Numb. I'm sick and I can barely feel my legs. I'm numb.

12-11-2001, 03:39 PM	#5
Bonochick Halloweenhead Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cherry Lane Posts: 40,820 Local Time: 06:14 PM	"One" and "Kite" (umm..except for the "I'm a man" part). ------------------ "I don't know you, But you don't know the half of it..."

12-11-2001, 03:40 PM	#6
HelloAngel ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: new york city Posts: 14,534 Local Time: 06:14 PM	That's a really hard one. 2 songs fit me completely - and these are the 2 songs that literally saved my life. BAD and ONE. No question. No choice. ------------------ No alarms and no surprises, please.

12-11-2001, 03:47 PM	#7
Roland of Gilead Gunslinger Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Mid-World Posts: 4,192 Local Time: 03:14 PM	"Spanish Eyes" No matter where I go and what I do in my life, there is no joy like looking into my wife's Spanish eyes.

12-11-2001, 03:53 PM	#8
spanisheyes Forum Moderator The Goal Is Soul Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin Posts: 861 Local Time: 02:14 PM	And to clear the air...I'm not the wife of Roland of Gilead, but a full-blooded male...LOL...whatever that means. Chris

12-11-2001, 03:53 PM	#9
Angel Elvis' Naughty Angel Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: not here Posts: 4,609 Local Time: 06:14 PM	"Summer Rain" When you stop taking chances You'll stay where you sit You won't live any longer But it'll feel like it..." Just to point a few reasons... ------------------ "It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight..."

12-11-2001, 03:57 PM	#10
popkidu2 War Child Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Half a mile from what she said... Posts: 897 Local Time: 10:14 PM	Gone Running To Stand Still Acrobat Wanderer God Part II I know that's more than one....all of these have a part of me I guess...... ------------------ Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son. - Animal House. Face it Flounder, you didn't throw up in front of Dean Wormer, you threw up on Dean Wormer. - Animal House Don't worry folks, he's just a big dumb animal. - Tommy Boy

12-11-2001, 03:59 PM	#11
mocool12 Refugee Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,692 Local Time: 03:14 PM	Well jeez, it changes, but I find myself relating to Acrobat and Zooropa a lot. Well, not the ad slogans, but... yeah. You get me right? Gone too. ------------------ *"That's the first time we've played that song in... about 15 years."* -Bono, after In God's Country - Phoenix 11/23 One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real disney land , but it was getting pretty late. Official L.O.B.P.B.G.G.T.S.H.S.A.E.E of the E.B.O.C

12-11-2001, 04:22 PM	#12
sulawesigirl4 Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,416 Local Time: 05:14 PM	Chris, it is an interesting question that you pose. I find it rather amusing that I was pondering this very same idea yesterday. And although I can narrow it down to a few songs, it is hard to just choose one that encompasses my life to date. In a funny way, it was this idea of a song capturing my inner emotions that started me on the path to U2 fandom. I remember climbing into my car one afternoon after work, turning on the radio and hearing the throbbing tones of With Or Without You. I sat there with my mouth open and wondered how it could be that this song sounded like it had climbed right out of my head and my heart and into reality. And now...10 albums, 30+ bootlegs, 4 shows, and countless hours of listening later...it is still this quality that keeps me coming back for more. I can relate to the yearning in Bad...the lines about letting it go certainly speak to me in some of the things I've gone through in my life recently. Along those lines, Walk On seemed like it was written expressly for me. Zooropa has actually been a song that eloquently expresses the confusion and the spiritual haze that I've been working through. "And I have no compass, and I have no map, and I have no reasons, no reason to get back, and I have no religion, and I don't know what's what, and I don't know the limit, the limit of what we've got." At this particular moment though, as I'm on this journey of discovering what it means to be 'me' and what it is I want out of my life, I think the song that best expresses the cry of my heart is Streets. I want to run I want to hide I want to tear down the walls That hold me inside I want to reach out And touch the flame Where the streets have no name Right now anyways...that is me. -sula ------------------ ~I want to play the guitar very badly, and I do play the guitar very badly - Bono~ Take a virtual tour of U2's Dublin... Crzy4Bono's U2 page with some of Sula's Dublin pic's Sula's Europe Pics

12-11-2001, 04:25 PM	#13
BrownEyedBoy Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Pedro Sula, Honduras Posts: 3,510 Local Time: 04:14 PM	so cruel ...i hate that girl and i love her i cant make up my mind ------------------ " I can sing just like Bono, i can do that whole lemon falsetto exactly like him" -- me "...u know how you can make people jealous by saying good stuff about you thats not even true?" - also me

12-11-2001, 04:27 PM	#14
~LadyLemon~ I Serve Larry's Stick Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Akron Posts: 7,392 Local Time: 06:14 PM	I feel a tie with Zooropa. ------------------ Sitting on a cornflake Waiting for the van to come [This message has been edited by ~LadyLemon~ (edited 12-11-2001).]

12-11-2001, 04:41 PM	#15
Roland of Gilead Gunslinger Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Mid-World Posts: 4,192 Local Time: 03:14 PM	What!?! spainisheyes is not my wife!?! All this time on here chasing after you!

12-11-2001, 04:43 PM	#16
U2ME3 Refugee Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,761 Local Time: 05:14 PM	Currently, it would have to be "Stuck" ------------------ ~ME THREE Don't get sentimental It always ends up drivel

12-11-2001, 05:57 PM	#17
spanisheyes Forum Moderator The Goal Is Soul Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin Posts: 861 Local Time: 02:14 PM	"If you twist and turn away If you tear yourself in two again If I could, yes I would If I could, I would Let it go Surrender Dislocate" Twisting out of the hands of Love. Tearing the heart of One who needs the oneness of us to be complete. The need to giving up is when this need is in losing love, because in this Love one finds oneself. Bad always puts my back up against the wall...my face up against the mirror of life...and my heart back on the track of reality. Chris ------------------ "That's what's happening to U2 on tour in the United States at the moment - we're just a conduit for all this joy and hope and despair and it's all coming out - People say, 'Oh, Rock and Roll is great - just takes people's minds off of it' - No. That is not our job. Our job is to take people's minds through it." --Bono's take on the Elevation Tour since 9/11 [This message has been edited by spanisheyes (edited 12-11-2001).]

12-11-2001, 06:04 PM	#18
pax ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ewen's new American home Posts: 11,412 Local Time: 06:14 PM	Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses... you're dangerous 'cause you're honest you're dangerous, you don't know what you want... you stole it cause i needed the cash you killed it cause i wanted revenge you lied to me 'cause i asked you to baby, can we still be friends? That's me right now. Feeling like I did a lot of things for people and now they expect...something more. I also feel a deep connection with Kite. ------------------ If you cannot live together in here, you cannot live together out there, let me tell ya. --Bono You've got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice... --Bono

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IvanClaytonJnr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: ZOO-STATES Posts: 629 Local Time: 10:14 PM	Until The End Of the world